The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Ed., and Many Letters Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Том 2Hillard, Gray,, 1836 |
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... Facts relative to the American Paper Money 340 • On the Price of Corn , and Management of the Poor On Smuggling , and its Various Species 355 361 • Note respecting Trade and Manufactures On the Laboring Poor Some CONTENTS . vii.
... Facts relative to the American Paper Money 340 • On the Price of Corn , and Management of the Poor On Smuggling , and its Various Species 355 361 • Note respecting Trade and Manufactures On the Laboring Poor Some CONTENTS . vii.
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... Manufactures On the Laboring Poor Some good Whig Principles 366 • 367 372 Positions to be examined , concerning National Wealth . 373 Plan for Benefiting distant unprovided Countries Concerning the Provision made in China against Famine ...
... Manufactures On the Laboring Poor Some good Whig Principles 366 • 367 372 Positions to be examined , concerning National Wealth . 373 Plan for Benefiting distant unprovided Countries Concerning the Provision made in China against Famine ...
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... manufactures . " For my part , " says he , " I esteem the Banks of Newfoundland to be a more valuable possession than the mountains of Potosi ; and , when I have been there on the fishing account , have looked upon every cod pulled up ...
... manufactures . " For my part , " says he , " I esteem the Banks of Newfoundland to be a more valuable possession than the mountains of Potosi ; and , when I have been there on the fishing account , have looked upon every cod pulled up ...
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... manufacture , and their richest robes were the skins of the most formidable monsters . They carried on trade without books , and correspondence without posts ; their mer- chants kept no accounts , their shopkeepers no cash- books ; they ...
... manufacture , and their richest robes were the skins of the most formidable monsters . They carried on trade without books , and correspondence without posts ; their mer- chants kept no accounts , their shopkeepers no cash- books ; they ...
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... manufactures , or new methods of improving land , that may be set on foot greatly to the advantage of a country . THE FOURTH CLASS To be taught composition . Writing one's own lan- guage well is the next necessary accomplishment after ...
... manufactures , or new methods of improving land , that may be set on foot greatly to the advantage of a country . THE FOURTH CLASS To be taught composition . Writing one's own lan- guage well is the next necessary accomplishment after ...
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Страница 5 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Страница 98 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost"; being overtaken and slain by the enemy all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
Страница 167 - Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Страница 320 - Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs, any more than they can acquire our Complexion.
Страница 486 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts, and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Страница 6 - His praise, ye winds that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune His praise. Join voices, all ye living souls ; ye birds That singing up to heaven- gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes His praise.
Страница 95 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Страница 6 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Страница 165 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Страница 96 - Today. If you were a Servant would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle, as Poor Dick says.